Chris McMenemy, vice president for administration at Ortmann Healthcare Consultants in Columbia, S.C., lists four considerations on dealing with architects and general contractors in constructing new ASCs.
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Tom Yerden, owner of TRY Health Care Solutions in North Fork, Idaho, says ambulatory surgery centers pass through three stages of growth, each requiring a different management style and even a different personality.
Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, Texas, has brought on a robot to assist surgeons in the operating room, according to a NewsWest 9 news report.
Six New York health plans have paid $1.5 million in incentives to 236 primary care physicians in 11 practices for transforming their practices into patient-centered medical homes for nearly half a million Hudson Valley residents, according to a news release…
The American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians and the American Osteopathic Association have jointly released "Guidelines for Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition and Accreditation Programs," according to an ACP news release.
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Akron General Health System has announced plans for the development of the new Neuroscience Institute, according to a health system news release.
Mike Madewell, administrator of Panama City (Fla.) Surgery Center, a Nueterra facility, identifies three ways ambulatory surgery centers can improve relations with the surgeon's office.
A new recovery area in Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center's cardiology department is the hospital's most recent strategy to improve cardiac patient flow, according to a Fort Gordon Signal news report.
Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill., received a record $349,829 at its 2010 Annual Workplace Giving Campaign, according to a news release.
Results from the American Academy of Family Physicians' national patient-centered medical home demonstration suggest launching such a care delivery model may be much more challenging than anticipated.